Learn valuable ideas for leading a book group for adults or kids. Issues such as optimum size of group, how to choose titles, and how to locate multiple titles for your group will be discussed. Vicki Wood (Youth Services Supervisor, Lincoln City Libraries) and Lisa Kelly (Information Services Director, NLC) will present this session. Together they have several years of experience in leading and participating in book groups and training book group leaders. NCompass Live - May 20, 2009

1. How to Vicki Wood,
Youth Services
Lead a Supervisor,
Lincoln City
Book Libraries
Group for and
Lisa Kelly,
Adults or Information
Services
Kids! Director, NLC
NCompass Live – May 20, 2009

2. Author Information
http://www.google.com
Google searching is the best - author
homepages, interviews, wiki entries

3. Betty's List Book Club
http://bettylistbooks.blogspot.com
Book Club Girl
http://www.bookclubgirl.com
dedicated to sharing great books, news and tips with
book club girls everywhere
Book Club Talk
http://www.freebookclubs.com/talk
All about book clubs. Regular book
reviews, announcements, links to the club where you can
find the book.

4. Book Group Buzz
http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com
tips, reading lists, & lively talk of literary news from the
experts at Booklist Online
Mother Daughter Book Club Blog
http://motherdaughterbookclub.wordpress.com
TwitterLit
http://www.twitterlit.com
first lines of novels

5. Book Club Kits:
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/ref/bookclubkits.html -
adults/young adults
http://nebookclub.pbwiki.com
http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/depts/bookguide/
bookgroups.htm#bookclubinabag - adults
Nebraska Library Commission Book Club Resources:
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/Links/bookgroupresources.
asp
discussion guides, lists etc.

6. QUESTIONS???
Lisa Kelly Vicki Wood
Information Youth Services
Services Director, Supervisor,
NLC Lincoln City Libraries
800-307-2665 402-441-8565
lkelly@ v.wood@
nlc.state.ne.us lincolnlibraries.org